Measurements and Applications
Measures polarisation, and directional and spectral characteristics of the solar light reflected by aerosols, clouds, oceans and land surfaces.
Full Name
POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances (PARASOL version)
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Multiple direction/polarisation radiometers 
Geometry
Instrument Technology
Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer
Sampling
Other
Accuracy
Radiation budget, land surface, Reflectance: 2%
Waveband
VIS - NIR: 0.490 µm, 0.670 µm and 0.865 µm at 3 polarisations, and 0.49 µm, 0.565 µm, 0.763 µm, 0.765 µm, 0.91 µm, and 1.02 µm with no polarisation
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
PARASOL - Polarization and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Science coupled with Observations from a LIDAR (2004 - 2013) |